Jerry Saltz and David Maupin

The Foundation of Contemporary Arts benefit show that just opened last week is phenomenal. Not only for the fact that there are nearly 200 pieces of artwork, but also for the rare occurrence that superstars like Damien Hirst are housed in the same gallery as young bloomers like Sarah Crowner and Justin Adian. With the funding that is raised from sales of the pieces, paintings and sculptures donated by the artists, the foundation continues to support individual artists, groups, and organizations. Mr. Jasper Johns (being one of the organizers) hung the artworks himself, allowing us to see the significance of the curator’s eye, in the otherwise overwhelming amount of art.

Benefit Opening Event

John Currin and Rachel Feinstein

David White and Anthony Gammardella

Dodie Kazanjian and Calvin Tomkins

Joel Ehrenkranz and Jasper Johns

me and Cynthia Rowley

Martin Kline and friend

Sarah Crowner and David Kennedy-Cutler

Suzanne McClelland and Paul Pagk

T.J. Wilcox and Cecily Brown

Terry Winters and Hendel Teicher

Painting and Sculpture
Works Donated by Artists to Benefit the
Foundation for Contemporary Arts

December 9, 2010 – January 9, 2011

Artists in the exhibition include: Justin Adian, Ricci Albenda, Joseph Albers, David Altmejd, William Anastasi, Uri Aran, Arman, Charles Arnoldi, Richard Artschwager, Eve Aschheim, Hope Atherton, Donald Baechler, Miquel Barceló, Jennifer Bartlett, Gene Beery, Lynda Benglis, Jake Berthot, Richard Bosman, Joe Bradley, Dove Bradshaw, Kerstin Brätsch, David Brooks, Cecily Brown, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Lee Bul, Tom Burr, Miriam Cabessa, Vija Celmins, Jake & Dinos, Chapman, Francesco Clemente, Dan Colen, George Condo, Michael Craig-Martin, Sarah Crowner, William Crozier, Joy Curtis, Verne Dawson, E.V. Day, Willem de Kooning, Steve DiBenedetto, Jane Dickson, Laddie John Dill, Mark Dion, Tara Donovan, John Duff, Tracey Emin, Inka Essenhigh, Rachel Feinstein, Rochelle Feinstein, Feng Mengbo, Aaron Fink, Louise Fishman, Seth Michael Forman, Rachel Foullon, Emi Fukuzawa, Anya Gallaccio, Gelitin, Robert Gober, Dulce Gomez, Deborah Grant. Michael Joaquin Grey, Robert Grosvenor, Donald Gummer, Guo Hongwei, Wade Guyton, Josephine Halvorson, Marc Handelman, Jay Heikes, Damien Hirst, Jaya Howey, Matt Hoyt, Alex Hubbard, Jacqueline Humphries, Robert Jack, Matthew Day Jackson, Neil Jenney, Jasper Johns, Ryan Johnson, Kim Jones, Michael Joo, Jane Kaplowitz, Nikki Katsikas, Allison Katz, David Kennedy-Cutler, Rosy Keyser, Anselm Kiefer, Martin Kline, Gary Komarin, Jeff Koons, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Guillermo Kuitca, Shio Kusaka, Daniel Lefcourt, Julian Lethbridge, Tom Levine, Roy Lichtenstein, Siobhan Liddell, Glenn Ligon, Jane Logemann, Robert Longo, Andrew Lord, Nate Lowman, Jim Lutes, Cassandra MacLeod, Matt Magee, Brice Marden, Helen Marden, Nick Mauss,
Dan McCarthy, Suzanne McClelland, Adam McEwen, Josephine Meckseper, Julie Mehretu, Sean Mellyn, Ohad Meromi, Sam Messer, James Meyer, Lisa Milroy, Marilyn Minter, Santi Moix, Andy Monk, Robert Morris, Carrie Moyer, James Nares, Elizabeth Neel, Thomas Nozkowski, Claes Oldenburg andCoosje van Bruggen, Karyn Olivier, Julian Opie, Laura Owens, Paul Pagk, Jiyeon Park, Debra Pearlman, Mia Pearlman, Adam Pendleton, Joyce Pensato, Ellen Phelan, Zak Prekop, Ken Price, Martin Puryear, Harvey Quaytman, R.H. Quaytman, Ishmael Randall Weeks, Elaine Reichek, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Yumi Janairo Roth, Heather Rowe, Ed Ruscha, Cordy Ryman, Peter Sacks, David Salle, Matt Saunders, Ed Schlossberg, Lara Schnitger, Dana Schutz, Anja Schwoerer, Nikko Sedgwick, Calvin Seibert, Richard Serra, Joel Shapiro, Lior Shvil, Gedi Sibony, Peter Simensky, Gary Simmons, Richard Smith, Pat Steir, Frank Stella, Ruby Sky Stiler, Kianja Strobert, Ryan Sullivan, Mickalene Thomas, Johannes VanDerBeek, Sara VanDerBeek, Allyson Vieira, Charline von Heyl, Kara Walker, Star Wallowing Bull, Dan Walsh, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, John Wesley, Roger White, Jesse Willenbring, Trevor Winkfield, Terry Winters, Wu Jian’an, Rob Wynne, Amy Yao, Jack Youngerman, Elyn Zimmerman

Photos by John Houck courtesy of FCA and Lehmann Maupin